HIL Development Supervisor – Battery Management System

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

1d • $132,800 - $250,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford is seeking a HIL Development Supervisor to lead development and maintenance of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems supporting the Battery Management System (BMS) and power conversion components. The role builds and champions toolsets, methods, and processes for fast, robust software validation and leads collaboration between global engineering teams. The position shapes test infrastructure and development toolchains for next-generation electrified vehicle systems.

The role develops and maintains HIL systems and supporting automated-testing tools for BMS and power conversion components, including DC/DC converters, chargers, and DC fast-charging communication. It partners with engineering and HIL teams, expands MIL/SIL/PIL testing methods, evaluates toolchains and processes, leads technical coordination across global engineering teams, manages budgeting and procurement coordination for relevant hardware and software, maintains documentation, and supports timely, high-quality BMS software validation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software and systems development experience.
• Strong familiarity with software specification, development, and validation, including HIL systems.
• Working knowledge of power conversion components, including DC/DC converters, chargers, and DCFC communication.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and validation toolchains.
• Proven leadership experience working across distributed or global engineering teams, with the ability to bridge gaps and resolve integration challenges.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present to senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with electrified vehicle systems or components.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional, cross-site technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain HIL systems and supporting tools for automated testing of BMS and power conversion components, including DC/DC converters, chargers, and DC fast-charging communication.
• Partner with Controls Architecture, BMS Hardware, BMS Software, Software Testing, Power Conversion teams, and HIL technical experts to align HIL capabilities with development needs.
• Expand and mature MIL/SIL/PIL testing methods to accelerate system validation.
• Evaluate and recommend toolchains and processes for current and future software development and testing needs across global engineering sites.
• Lead the technical interface between global engineering teams on software toolset development and establish processes for information sharing and status reporting.
• Own budgeting and procurement coordination for hardware and software required for BMS HIL, Power HIL, and high-voltage simulation systems.
• Maintain complete documentation for HIL system designs and team-owned toolsets.
• Support the BMS validation team to ensure on-time, high-quality software validation.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager